said he was -- mourdock said he was talking about life, not rape. president obama said he really didn't know what mourdock was talking about. >> rape is rape. it is a crime. these very distinction abouts rape don't make too much to me -- too much sense to me. don't make any sense to me. >> reporter: mitt romney has endorsed mourdock's senate campaign. romney disagrees with what mourdock said but stands by his endorsement. virginia attorney ken cuccinelli is reversing claims on voter fraud. a pennsylvania manual was arrested last week -- man was arrested last week on charges he threw away eight completed voter registration forms. cuccinelli's office says it will investigate the claims in the commonwealth. what did a cheap -- was it

a cheap setup or blatant proof of dishonest politics. a new video showing pat moran apparently giving advice on how to commit voter fraud. >> the fallout from this video has already started. pat moran stepped down as director of his father's campaign. ken molestina has more on the video from a conservative watch group which focuses on exposing government corruption. >> reporter: the hidden camera video was recorded at an arlington restaurant on october 8. the investigator disguises as a democratic supporter and tries to get advice. listen closely. >> he's looking for two guys to help him. he's got -- [ inaudible ]

>> reporter: after understanding the intention to scirpt the new voter i.d. -- to skirt the new voter i.d. law, they walk and talk even more. moran seems es assistant and tries to -- hesitant and tries to lobby the investigator -- to encourage the investigator to lobby for votes instead. but the investigator pushes on. the field director and son of an 11-term congressman finally seems to give in offering advice on how to pull off the deception at the polls. >> look at the law. >> reporter: shortly after, he reiterates his point.

>> reporter: i'm ken molistana, 9news now. >> he told us about the person who shot the video, the investigator who said, quote, he struck me as crazy. i thought he was joking. for only that i did humor him. in metro expect i should have just walked away making it clear there's no place in the electoral process or even the suggestion of illegal behavior, joking or not. the maryland state board of elections is investigating a problem with absentee ballots there. some ballots in prince george's county seemed to be missing a page. so far the board has confirmed the mistake in fewer than 20 ballots. residents who requested absentee ballots should make sure there is a second page which includes the questions 4 through 7. today supporters and

opponents of the same-sex marriage referendum in maryland are planning to rally at gallaudet university in the district, but they're both fighting for the same thing. both groups want dr. angela mccaskill reinstated as the school's chief diversity officer. she was placed on paid leave earlier this month after it was learned she signed a petition to get the referendum on the ballot. she says she's not anti-gay but thinks voters should decide whether same-sex marriage should be legal or not. the first viewing for a police officer killed in a crash last week will be tomorrow beginning at 6:00 p.m. at lee's funeral home in clinton there. will be a second viewing at st. stevens baptist church in temple hills. an egyptian militant suspected in the attack on the u.s. consulate in libya has been killed in ie row. a tunisia man is also facing

charges in connection with the september attack. four americans were killed in the attack, including the u.s. ambassador chris stevens. the white house, state department and the f.b.i. were informed a terror group had claimed credit for the attack on facebook and twitter two hours after it began. that's according to e-mails obtained by cbs. the e-mails also suggest u.s. diplomats were informing officials in washington about the assault as it was unfolding. that raises further questions about the apparent confusion on the part of the obama administration to determine the nature of the september 11 attack and those who planned it. secretary of state hillary rodham clinton says a posting on facebook isn't evidence of responsibility for the attack. hurricane sandy has killed at least two people as it turns toward the caribbean -- through the caribbean. a woman in haiti was swept away in the flood waters on wednesday. an elderly man was killed in jamaica when a huge boulder rolled on to his house. >> sandy has sustained winds at

80 miles per hour as it heads north. the storm will hit florida tomorrow with wind and rain but as bigad shaban tells us, it's expected to remain in the atlantic. >> reporter: sandy came crashing on to the shores of jamaica as a category 1 hurricane with 80 mile an hour winds. the storm threatened the island with flash floods and mud slides. police say an elderly man was killed after a boulder crushed his home. sandy took down trees and power lines and sent about 500 people fleeing to shelters. but some living in low-lying areas refused to evacuate for fear their homes would be burglarized. [indiscernible] trying to convince the people to leave the streets to come to this shelter. >> reporter: in haiti, one woman was killed after a swollen river swept her away. as the storm moves towards the u.s., it's expected to take one of two tracks. the first has sandy swirling off the east coast posing no

serious danger but bringing rain and waves. the second could slam the northeast hitting new york and new england directly. in eastern cuba, residents trimmed trees and cleared drains as sandy moved closer. farmers also herded cattle into stables and stored their maintains to avoid any rising water. bigad shaban, cbs news. the national hurricane center says tropical storm conditions are possible along florida's southeastern coast. the storm's projected path shows the eye of the hurricane staying east of the u.s. coastline. be sure to stay with 9news now for the latest on hurricane sandy. text the name sandy to 25543 to young load the 9news now weather app so you can track it on your mobile device. 4:37. a history making night in game one of the world series in san

francisco. pablo hit these home runs in a single game. the giants beat the detroit tigers 8-3. he joins babe ruth, reggie jackson and albert piewl hose as the only player with a single home run. howard is back in two minutes with your thursday forecast. >> microsoft prepares to unveil windows 8. >> flying home for the holidays is going to cost you a little more this year. >> keep it here. 9news is back in two minutes.

40 on this quiet morning. we have some clouds and patchy fog. we'll be dealing with mostly

cloudy skies today. some sun this afternoon. not as warm as yesterday but still not bad for october. with high of low to possibly mid-70s. i'll have more on sandy and where she's going. here's monika. very quiet in falls church, route 50 at patrick henry drive. nearby in annandale, fatal single vehicle accident happened overnight. reconstruction of the accident continues on backlick road and john mar drive. i'll be back in a few minutes with more. 4:416789 time for -- 4:41. time for your money segment. >> wall street can't get out of its funk. it wasn't awful but the dow is approaching a 500-point sell- off in just the last five trading sessions. stocks down again yesterday. even though we got strong earnings from companies like boeing and dell ta. the dow stands at 13,077. so much for 13,500 which we were looking at a couple of

days ago. slipped another 25 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was off by 8. s&p 500 was off by 4. the federal reserve says its help is still needed to increase growth and lower unemployment. the fed took no new action following its two-day meeting yesterday. policymakers are saying they still need time to see whether the bond buying program they put in place in september will actually help the economy. microsoft releasing its latest version of the windows operating system today. windows 8 is designed to make computers work more like tablets. best buy is hoping to capitalize on the new operating system offering computers with windows and staff to explain the new operating system. expect to pay more if you're flying for the thanksgiving holiday. according to travel website travelocity, the average domestic round trip is 9% more this year than last year. it's going to cost you about $386 on average. experts say waiting till the

last minute to book another -- to book will add another $200 to your trim. get it now. >> you can always cancel with a little loss if do you it late. >> you can just drive. >> gas is coming down. >> as long as it's vacation. aspen, we -- aspirin, we know it makes a big difference when it comes to your heart but it may also with cancer. we'll explain.

good morning. welcome back to 9 news now. it's 4:45. went out on the deck with the little going gis this morning -- doggies this morning. didn't need a wrap. >> 50s and 60s. yesterday 84. we did poke up and tie the record. when we get to 84, it tells you

things are topsy-turvy in the atmosphere. when we get hurricanes in october is not usual but for them to come up the east coast and not out to sea is unusual. we want to start with sandy which became a major hurricane. winds last night at 115 miles an hour. tony in the eastern atlantic, we're not going to worry about tony. never really were going to worry about tony. sandy over cuba last night. it's about to emerge back on the north coast of cuba shortly. you can see it is just maybe lost a tiny bit but still a very well defined storm with the eye right on the coast headed toward the central and northern bahamas as we go through the day on thursday. latest advisory winds 105. down just a tad. winds 105 gusting to 130 miles an hour. pressure down to 960 millibars. this thing exploded yesterday from a tropical storm yesterday morning to even a cat 3 at one point last night. we were looking at a category 2

storm this afternoon going through the central bahamas. a little jog to the northwest and back to the northeast. here we are by saturday morning. the questions come after that the official track for the hurricane center parallels the coast here as it heads east of us as a strong nontropical storm, still with winds at 70 miles an hour. we're talking tuesday morning. monday night, tuesday morning at 2:00 a.m. this is the official forecast. i want to show you the model forecasting on this. while it's pretty much in consensus here over the short term, watch what happens as we get beyond into monday and tuesday. some models go this way. did you see that? there are a couple of models -- three models now wanting to bring it towards the west. one of them toward the delmarva. this would be devastating should this occur. this is why we are concerned where sandy's future track may go. there could be a lot of damage on the coast. even cold enough believe it or not could have snow in the

mountains. our bus stop forecast today, mostly cloudy this morning. maybe a patch of fog. 50s and 60s. still mild. sunrise 7:28. the time frame would be monday, tuesday by the way. monday, tuesday on sandy. day planner today, mostly cloudy this morning. we'll burn off some of those clouds here toward midday 68. then this afternoon low 70s. maybe mid-70s with enough sunshine and 66 by 8:00 p.m. looking at temps this morning in the 50s and 60s. we're down to 63 with 56 in fredricksburg. 53 out toward one of our weather watchers. and 63 in prince frederick. outside on our weather camera, the clouds have rolled in from the east, 63 degrees. winds east at 6. the humidity 88%. here's the cold. here's the warmth. this cold is going to march more toward the east. that's going to help with that storm system. even snow in the central plains. that's going to help sandy as she becomes post-tropical, potentially producing snow in the mountains, wind and rain along the coast n. could be

epic. i don't say that a lot. i'm hoping it goes to sea. i don't need the 70--hour weekend. 73 degrees today. tonight we're back in the 50s. 71 tomorrow. could be a little early fog or drizzle. then saturday isolated afternoon shower. bigger problems later sunday and especially monday and tuesday. monika? if you're planning to head in virginia, we have two early morning incidents. first of all there was a deadly single vehicle accident on backlick road inside the beltway at john mar drive. you might still see some police activity, reconstruction going on as well inside the beltway. now an accident on the westbound side of i-66 right after washington boulevard inside the beltway as well and falls church. that's blocking the right lane. let's take a live look at 66 at the roosevelt bridge. once you're there, everything is final as you can see. very light into the downtown area. let's go back over to our maps and this time we'll head to the bw parkway route 50 in cheverly. inside the beltway here, things look graipt. no problems into the -- look

great. no problems into the northeast corridor. all the potomac and anacostia river crossings are incident free. now a live look at the bay bridge coming all the way to the beltway. looking great this morning. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 4:55. back to you. in health news this morning, researchers discover another potential use for one of the world's oldest and cheapest medications. a new study in the "new england journal of medicine" finds that aspirin is showing promise in helping to treat colon cancer. in fact five years after being diagnosed, 97% of patients who used aspirin were still alive compared to 37% of those not taking the drugs. some advanced cancer patients are optimistic about their chance for long-term survival. a new study also in the "new england journal of medicine" found 69% of patients with advanced lung and 81% of those with advanced colon cancer did not understand that chemotherapy was not likely to cure their disease. researchers say the

misunderstanding can pose obstacles to end of life planning. older women who use hormone therapy can reduce their risk of developing alzheimer's later on. researchers studied 1700 women who were 65 and older for more than a decade. those who used hormones within five years of menopause had a 30% lower risk of developing alzheimer's. more research is needed before any new recommendations come out before hormone use that are made for older women. government health experts are earning all pregnant women to get a whooping cough vaccination. the purpose is to protect newborns who are too young to get the vaccine. 16 people in the u.s. have died from whooping cough just this year. a new study of recently revised vitamin d guidelines found millions of americans may no longer need to take the supplements. >> the changes might be confusing for patients who previously were required to take extra vitamin d. >> reporter: doctors put 63- year-old alegra on vitamin d

supplements after blood tests showed low levels. but now a new study shows she does not need to take it anymore. >> deficiency of vitamin d is not as prevalent as we thought prior to the study which is good news. >> reporter: researchers at loyola university say under recent recommendations from the institute of medicine, nearly 80 million americans would no longer need additional vitamin d. the 2010 guidelines said people get enough vitamin d if their blood levels are at or above 20nanograms per million liter. older guidelines indicated above 30 were necessary. but some doctor groups don't agree with the new guidelines and are still describing doses of vitamin d under the old guidelines. vitamin d is critical for healthy bones but too much can damage the kidneys and heart. dr. albert levy says a balanced diet and a little sun can help maintain vitamin d levels.

>> sun will activate the vitamin d. 20 minutes of sun exposure three times a week. >> reporter: alegra is listening to her doctor and stop taking the supment but will let him know if she starts to feel different without it. >> patients should talk to their doctor if they're feeling fatigued or tired because that may be a sign of low levels. a warning before you raid the candy bowl this halloween. i was planning on that. eating too much black licorice could come with some unwanted side effects. the fda is warning it contains a sweetener called -- let me pronounce this -- just look it up on the back. it could cause a drop in potassium levels. when that happens people experience blood pressure problems. things get back to normal when people stop eating foods with this sweetener in it. time for the question of the morning. 20% of men say they do this whenever they have a bad day.

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welcome back. 4:56. quiet this morning. a little bit of cooler weather than what we saw yesterday when we managed to tie the record at 84. mid-60s by 11:00. a little more sun this afternoon. 1:00 69 and a high today about 73. driving home still comfortable, 72. let's check in with monika and find out about the drive in. no problems here on the northbound side of i-95 through springfield leaving route 644 and on to 395. but there is an accident on the westbound side of i-66 after

washington boulevard. that's blocking the right lane. i'll have more on traffic coming up at 5:01. andrea, mike? >> thanks, monika. the new movie cloud atlas features an all-star cast, state of the art special effects and several story lines which span five centuries. >> alexis christoforous has behind the scenes of the movie which hits theaters tomorrow. >> reporter: oscar winners tom hanks and halle barry are among the actors who each play at least six different roles in the new sci-fi fantasy cloud atlas. >> yesterday my life was headed in one direction. today it is headed in another. >> reporter: the movie based on a best selling book defer twines multiple story lines over 500 years as the souls of the characters are reincarnated. the stars say it was challenging to juggle so many roles. >> i'd like to thank i can handle everything but as soon as i said yes, oh, wait a

minute. >> reporter: barry plays everything from a jewish german woman to a balding asian man. oscar winner susan sarandon also plays several characters, including a man. >> i've never understood what it's like to be in a body that doesn't feel like it's yours. and that was really interesting to me. >> reporter: the main message of the film is that people and their actions are all connected in the past, present and future. >> i think everybody has had the thought, what is this all about? did we live before? what happens after we leave here. this movie gives you like a road map to use to navigate your way through that conversation. >> reporter: cast members call cloud atlas an actor's dream and critics are calling it one of the must see movies of the year. alexis christoforous, cbs news. >> a lot of story lines to follow in that one, too. the makeup is incredible. good morning.

thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >> can we all follow it? that's the question. i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. we're almost there. it's thursday. good morning, monika samtani. how is traffic? >> great. not too bad. >> our weather is not too bad. don't frighten you. >> i don't want to frighten you at this point because nothing is set in stone but the possibilities of a major storm around here early next week are growing. that's what i want you to be alerted to, that potential monday and tuesday especially could be rough. i'm still hoping it goes out to sea or maybe gets the northeast more than the mid-atlantic but this could be an epic storm for somebody. we're starting with sandy which came ashore as a category 1 hurricane in jamaica. hit cuba as a category 2. got briefly to a category 3 at 115. it's now down to 105 miles an hour headed toward the bahamas. a very well defined storm. it will transition from a tropical